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Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
Posted by: ROBERTO jh
Posted by: Alfdog
Posted by: Xd00999
Just because a lot of brutes hated the elites does not mean all did. It is possible there were elite sympathizers or at least some brutes who liked elites. They were also refused engineers for their ships and had to rely on drones for maintenance. It is possible some brutes learned the ships out of necessity and are experienced engineers.
Maybe. Seems doubtful though.
To quote someone who's name I do not recall: "to say all Brutes hated the Elites, is akin to saying all Muslims are terrorists."
Personally I find that comparison to be completely and utterly misleading and false.
A: Islam specifically bans terrorist acts.
B: It also forbids attacking enemy civilians.
The better comparison is "To say a decent number of brutes didn't mind elites, is like saying a decent number of Crusaders during the great crusades didn't mind Muslims or letting them repair their gear."
That's the point. Back when the 9/11 attacks occured, there was extreme bias against Muslims in the U.S. with baseless police raids, arrests, and general segregation country-wide. Same with Japanese people during WWII, but worse.
The point of the analogy, to me anyway, is to say that belonging to one group of people does not mean that you condone the acts of certain individuals in that group. Not all Brutes are anti-Elite extremists, just as well as not all Muslims are not terrorists--most aren't in fact, but that isn't the point. To believe so is to percieve that group in a one dimensional point of view.